Bean-gathering machine.



A. J. TINGLEY, S. RGOSA & G. GOULD'.'

BEAN GATHERNG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 5111.25, 191s.

1, 1 14,41 6. Patented oct. 20, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

A. J. TINGLEY, S. ROOSA & G. GrOULD.l BEAN GATHBRING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25, 1913.

f 'zii i UNiTEn STATES PATENT onirica.

ALLEN J'. TIN GLEY, SAMUELROOSA, AND GLENN-GOULD, 0F OWOSSO, MCHIG-AN,

BEAN-GATHERING MACHINE.. s

lSpecification of Letters llatent.4

Appneation inea January 25, 1913; seriai No. 744,135.

exact description of the invention, such asv will enable others skilled inthe art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a new and useful bean vgathering machine.

As an object of the invention-it is the aiin to provide a machine of this nature comprising a skeleton cylinder having a series offorks adapted -to` be automatically thrown into position for gatherin the beans and the vines thereof, and holding such forks in position for a short distance of their lannular travel, in order. to elevate the vines and the beans thereon, so as to be deposited upon a conveyer not shown).

Another obj ect of the invention is the pro- `vision of a series of kguards or stripper plates surrounding the skeleton cylinder and arranged between the forks, to strip the vines from the fork, as well as acting as guides for the saine.

There are disclosed in the drawings certain features of construction, but in practical fields these features may necessitate alterations, to which the pate-nteeis entitled, provided the alterations fall within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Fi ure 1 is a side ele vation of apparatus ein odying the invention. Fig. 2 is an end 'elevation of the same,

parts in section, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken von line 3-3 of Fi 2, Fig. 4 is a detail section on line-4-4 o Fig. 3, parts being omitted, Fig. 5 is a perspective View of a disk included .in the apparatus. Fig. 6 is a detail view, showing how each of thel forks i is secured to its respective rod.

Referring more particularly to,the drawings -1 and 2 designate side bars formin a portion of the frame of the machine, w ile 3 and 4 denote disk plates having extension l hubs 5, which are ixed as at 6 in the bearings 7 of the bars 1 and 2. These disk plates f are non-rotatable, owingto the fact that they are fixed as at 6. Bevolub'ly mounted in the disk plates 3 and 4 is a shaft 8,upon the ends of which are wheels 9, in order to impart motion'to the shaft. These wheels 9 engage the ground, as will be noted- Keyed or otherwise fixed, as shown at 10, near the ends of said shaft are wheels 11, having bearings 12, receiving a plurality of rockerl rods 13 as shown. Cranks 14 are rigidly secured at 15 to the ends of the rocker rods 13 andare disposed to travel within the cam grooves 17 of the disk plates 3 and 4. The

Patented oet. 2o, 1914.

cani grooves 17 are provided with enlarged y openings or spaces 1 8, as shown. .The spaces 18 receive the crank when they leave the portions 19 of the grooves, whereby the cranks are released. lConnecting the wheels 1v1 are stop rods 20, for supporting forks 21, carried by the rocker rods'13,'wlien the cranks 14 enter the spaces 18. The forks 21 are suitably resilient and are provided with coils 23, which lit Vupon the rocker rods 13. Bolts 24 extend thro-ugh the rocker rods, to secure the ends 25 of the coils' to said rocker rods 13, as shown. The coils 23 fit the rods 13 loosely, having greater diameters than the rocker rods, whereby when the forks engage the vines they will yield, the coils winding up. Arranged between said forks are a series of stripper plates or guards 26, the greater portions of Such plates are concentric with. the skeleton cylinder, which is I constructed of the said rods 13 and disk'- only act to strip the vines from the forks,

but also constitute guides for said forks. Secured upon the end portions 27 of the stripper plates are inverted V-shaped meinbers 31, between which the forks pass, in order to guide the same.

In the operation of this improved machine the-wheels 9 necessarily rotate in the direction of the arrow 32, in order that the forks willY gather the vines and the beans thereon y in the direction of saidarrow 32. The forks 21 traveling upwardly carry the material upwardly upon the exterior of the stripping plates 26, and finallyl discharge the saine upon the upper horizontal portion thereof. During this operation the cranks 14 have been traveling in groove 17, but now pass from the forward end thereof, whereby cranks 14 will swing the forks 2l CIT ^ The gear 36 -is mounted upon and rotatable with the stub shaft 38, on which the sprocket wheel 39 is rotatable therewith. A sprocket chainlO travels about the sprocket 39, and is adapted in turn to-rotate a conveyer (not shown) in the direction of the arrow 41,

in order to elevate the vines and the beans thereon to a side carrier or chute.

From the foregoing lit will be noted that there has been devised a simple and eiicient bean gathering machine, and one which has been found desirable and practicable.

The invention having been set forth, what iS claimed as new and useful is The combination with a frame provided with bearings, of apertured disk-plates having hubs extending into the bearings and locked therein and provided upon their-inner faces with cam grooves, a shaft rotatably mounted within the apertures of the diskplates, traction wheels secured to the ends ofthe shaft to rotate the same, wheels arranged adjacent to the disk-plates and rigidly secured to the shaft and having openings near their peripheries, rocker-rods loosely mounted within the openings of the second named wheels and provided at their ends with cranks whichoperate within the cam grooves, forks secured to the rockerrods, stop-rods secured to second named wheels and adapted to support the forks, and stripping plates surrounding the second named wheels and receiving the forks therebetween.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

:ALLEN J. TINGLEY. [11. sa SAMUEL RoosA. [ne] GLENN GoULD.

[Ls] lfVitnesses:

G. DEAN SHOULTERS, WILLIAM T. EAGAN. 

